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✴️ What role do & fiscally sustainable play in stimulating resilient, low-carbon & future-proof solutions?

🌐Experts gathered at UNECE will deliberate on 📅24 - 25 June at UN Geneva ➡️https://unece.org/info/events/event/412450

Motorcycle helmets save lives only if they are safe, available & affordable.
The Partnership Pledging Conference on 20 July aims for a🌍push to make🇺🇳certified helmets more widely available in low- & middle-income countries
 
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🔴 Much like vaccines, save lives only if they are safe available and affordable.

United Nations Regulation No. 22, developed by UNECE and adopted by 46 countries, provides the international benchmark for motorcycle helmet .

The UN Road Safety Fund Partnership Pledging Conference on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on on 📅 20 July marks the next step in a global push to make UN-certified helmets more widely available in low- and mid-income countries.

Learn more in an article by Head of UN Road Safety Fund Nneka Henry published by World Economic Forum ⤵

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/06/helmets-save-lives-world-motorcycle-day/



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Motorcycle helmets save lives - make them accessible to all The UNRSF Partnership Pledging Conference is the next step in a push to make safe, affordable motorcycle helmets widely available in low-income countries

15 years on from a landmark agreement for the joint management of the Drin Basin in South-Eastern Europe, countries are entering a new phase of regional water cooperation, supported by the United Nations & partners

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Protecting & shaping the is everyone's business.

UNECE is a pioneering treaty for environmental , putting citizens' to a clean, healthy & sustainable environment into practice.

Its Compliance Committee meets this week.

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Standing up to protect the environment: the Aarhus Convention Áine Ryall, Chair of the UNECE Aarhus Convention's Compliance Commi...

📣Framing as a burden reinforces ageism & weakens inclusive -making.

The forthcoming UNECE Policy Brief on Ageing & online dialogue on 📅23 June aim to reshape narratives to better reflect realities & support inclusion across life course

➡️https://unece.org/info/Population/events/413305

Industrial control is essential for safeguarding human , yet the transition from international environmental commitments to local industrial action remains a significant challenge.

Under its , UNECE convened 40 policymakers, regulators, and technical experts from Eastern and South-Eastern , the and in Chișinău, , to tackle this gap, focusing on the practical implementation of Best Available Techniques (BAT).

https://unece.org/environment/press/unece-helps-countries-bridge-policy-and-practice-industrial-pollution-control

UNECE Executive Secretary Tatiana Molcean has assumed the position of Chair of the Global Board of the International Gender Champions, a leadership network of international decision-makers committed to advancing across international organizations, governments, civil society and the private sector.

Ms. Molcean succeeds Martin Chungong, Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, who has led the network for the past six years.

A Gender Champion since 2021, Ms. Molcean brings a strong track record of leadership and commitment for gender equality.

“Leading this network of over 300 Champions from all over the world is a responsibility which I take very seriously. At UNECE and across the entire UN system, we will continue to ensure that gender remains a key, cross-cutting element of our work,” she said.

“As we look ahead, I am convinced that the International Gender Champions network is more important than ever. At a time when fundamental rights are being called into question, and rapid technological, economic and geopolitical transformations are reshaping our societies, our collective leadership matters. We have the responsibility and the ability to drive change; through the choices we make and the example we set.”

Ms. Molcean will be joined by the first-ever Vice Chair of the Global Board, Ambassador Matthew Wilson, Permanent Representative of Barbados.

⏩https://unece.org/gender/press/unece-executive-secretary-assumes-chairship-international-gender-champions-global

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Did you know that in , life expectancy is 1 year longer thanks to reductions achieved under UNECE's ?

Read how this & other UNECE Multilateral Environmental Agreements help countries cooperate on key environmental challenges➡️https://untoday.org/ UN Today

🔶 The Trans-Caspian and Almaty–Tehran–Istanbul corridors have emerged as key inland routes linking with , as well as connecting China to Europe. They are also key to enhancing Central Asia’s economic diversification and regional integration. According to OECD, in 2024, total cargo volumes just along the Trans-Caspian Corridor rose by 62% to reach 4.5 million tonnes.

Yet, to fully reap the potential benefits, countries located along these corridors need to overcome structural and operational challenges, including limitations in rail, port and terminal capacity, address border inefficiencies through harmonized solutions, and consider resilience and environmental performance.

Against that background, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, under the auspices of UNECE and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), established a Coordination Committee in 2022 to ⤵️

🔶 Assess corridor and gaps
🔶 Promote of documents
🔶 Improve corridor operational reliability through coordinated tariffs and timetables
🔶 Enhance border-crossing efficiency
🔶 Strengthen corridor resilience, sustainability and performance

Last week, at its High-Level Session in , the Committee took stock of its achievements over the past three years and agreed in principle on a 2027–2028 Programme of Work, which includes concrete activities and projects to achieve defined operational and performance targets.

⏭️https://unece.org/climate-change/press/unece-and-partners-advance-transport-connectivity-across-europe-and-asia

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